The topic our group chose for the New York Times project is bagels. The first thing that came into mind when thinking of Baruch is the school itself and the variety of food options we have around us. It’s inevitable to be exposed to the essential aspects of New York culture when you’re in the heart of the city and your school is in the middle of such diversity. I think bagels perfectly represent things that are important to freshmen like us: food, convenience, money, and a desire to further explore this New York “culture.”
Rather than say our group chose the topic for one particular reason, it’s better to say that we all agreed to the topic because we all have values on New York culture that somewhat ties in with bagels. It’s an amazing food product really. There’s so much you can do with bagels and it’s a prominent food in many different cultures. I don’t know why the others agreed to the topic but I like how it incorporates so many aspects of our culture as well as symbolize the various values we might carry as students at Baruch. In working on the project, I think we would all agree that bagels certainly helped us become friends.
